Ruth Reichl has held many roles in the food industry: restaurant cook and co-owner, restaurant critic for The New York Times & Los Angeles Times, editor-in-chief for Gourmet magazine and author of several bestselling books and memoirs including: Tender at the Bone, Comfort Me with Apples, Garlic and Sapphires and Save Me the Plums. Reichl reflects on the joys of home cooking, the state of America's farmers and food supply and the challenges and changes restaurants now face in the pandemic.

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